Rembrantd was born on July 15, 1606 in Holland and died in October 4, 1669
and he is a french artist. He painted that painting in 1635 theself-portrait shows Rembrandt at half-length facing towards the right, wearing a velvet cape decorated with gold embroidery over gorget a
. A medallion hangs from a gold chain around his neck. He is wearing a black velvet beret shading his eyes and from the front of it, another medallion supports two vertical . In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical icongraphy, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by Rembrandt's knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his observations of amsterdam's jewish populatian.[5] Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization.
although according to a contemporary he had a greater inclination towards painting; he was soon apprenticed to a Leiden history painter, jacob van swaneburgh, with whom he spent three years.[ After a brief but important apprenticeship of six months with the famous painter pieter lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt stayed a few months with jacob phyans and then started his own workshop, though Simon van Leeuwen claimed that van schootentaught Rembrandt in Leiden. Rembrandt opened a studio in Leiden in 1624 or 1625, which he shared with friend and colleague jan lievens. In 1627, Rembrandt began to accept students.
In 1629, Rembrandt was discovered by the statesman
, the father of (a famous Dutch mathematician and physicist), who procured for Rembrandt important continued to purchase paintings from Rembrandt until 1646.
and he is a french artist.
He
painted that painting in 1635 theself-portrait shows Rembrandt at half-length facing
towards the right, wearing a velvet cape decorated with gold embroidery over gorget a
. A
medallion hangs from a gold chain around his neck. He is wearing a black velvet
beret shading his eyes and from the front of it, another medallion supports two
vertical .
In his paintings and prints he exhibited knowledge of classical icongraphy, which he molded to fit the requirements of his own experience; thus, the depiction of a biblical scene was informed by Rembrandt's knowledge of the specific text, his assimilation of classical composition, and his observations of amsterdam's jewish populatian.[5] Because of his empathy for the human condition, he has been called "one of the great prophets of civilization.
although according to a contemporary he had a greater inclination towards painting; he was soon apprenticed to a Leiden history painter, jacob van swaneburgh, with whom he spent three years.[ After a brief but important apprenticeship of six months with the famous painter pieter lastman in Amsterdam, Rembrandt stayed a few months with jacob phyans and then started his own workshop, though Simon van Leeuwen claimed that van schootentaught Rembrandt in Leiden. Rembrandt opened a studio in Leiden in 1624 or 1625, which he shared with friend and colleague jan lievens. In 1627, Rembrandt began to accept students.
In 1629, Rembrandt was discovered by the statesman
, the father of (a famous Dutch mathematician and physicist), who procured for Rembrandt important continued to purchase paintings from Rembrandt until 1646.